NORTH AND SOUTH HAS GONE TO MY BRAIN

So the other night my sister and I sat down (consumption of donuts may have been involved) and watched all four hours of BBC North and South, which we were able to find on YouTube. Much silliness ensued. Much squeeing also ensued, but - hey, it's Richard Armitage. A little squeeing is requisite.






A few observations:






(1) Jealous Henry in the train is the funniest thing ever.






(2) Margaret must be hard of hearing because Thornton's like, "I love you!" and she's like, "You're just saying that because you pity my family's poorness," and he's like, "No, I love you!" and then she's like, "You just want to marry me to save my honor," and he's like, "No, I want to marry you because I love you!"




Dunno. In Pride and Prejudice, I'm all, "You go, Lizzy! You tell Mr. Darcy all about his bad manners!" when she rejects him. In North and South, I'm more... "Um, Margaret? Have you listened to a word he's said?"




(3) Mrs. Thornton is amazing. All the mothers in Jane Austen novels are dead or silly. Mrs. Thornton, on the other hand, is a sensible woman who dearly cares for her son (and if she doesn't care as much about Fanny we can all see why and agree with her...). She resolves to be offended for her son when Margaret turns him down and pretty much snaps at her later on, "You do not know what sort of man you rejected." (To her credit, Margaret agrees.) Just... she has personality. She's protective of her son. She tries giving advice to Margaret even when she loathes Margaret's guts.




Go, Mrs. Thornton!




(4) Why was the water purple when Boucher drowned himself???? The closest thing my sister and I can figure out was that it must be due to chemical pollutants from the mills. Dyes? Tanning acids? I have no clue.




(5) Why is Margaret always walking through a graveyard? I guess it is the only green place in Milton, but even so...




(6) It only takes a line or two to completely ruin my concentration: "Look back. Look back at me." or "He was her brother." or "Coming home with me?"




ARRRRRRRGH.




In consequence, guess what I had a dream about that night?




Margaret and Thornton. AS VAMPIRE HUNTERS.



You do NOT know how satisfying it is to watch Richard Armitage kill Edward Cullen. Just sayin'. XD


My mind is a weird place. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. A lot of weirdness and silliness comes from it, and yet, at other times... a lot of awesomeness comes from it, too.


In Pace Christi,


Elyse

OF COURSE!!!

I just realized why Blogger won't let me upload any more pictures. The last pictures I uploaded consisted of (and I quote) 'mindless RA spam'.


Obviously, the majestic awesomeness that is everything Richard Armitage broke Google and they're having to pick up the pieces.


It makes perfect sense! XD


In Pace Christi,


Elyse

Mindless RA Spam

I found a collection of gifs of Richard Armitage from Spooks. I feel like I should label them: #so cute #why are you so adorable #staaaaahp.

Just sayin'.

Not at all sorry. XD

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Unsure Whether To Giggle Uncontrollably or Go 'Awwwww'

So my sister and I have taken to watching BBC North and South online.

I blame you all. I blame you all for the addiction that is Richard Armitage's face. Just so you know.

Although we also had a fun time imagining the bow ties on Thorin and also making fun of that jealous guy in the train car (Henry? I think his name was Henry). Because snarking at a movie, even at a movie you love, makes it even funnier.

I'm not carried away by Margaret, though. She just seemed so unhappy and whispered everything. Ah, well, I'm not here for Margaret in the first place.

I normally avoid the kissy stuff, but I think I'll have to make an exception for this. *insert smiley face with horns here*

Okay, so I may be blogging this just to taunt my sister. But whatever. It's a perfectly valid reason to blog something!

I just now noticed her hair in the last gif. That's pretty. Was it like that all the time and I didn't notice?

Was kissing the guy's hand the preferred way to accept a marriage proposal back then? Because it happens in the most recent Pride and Prejudice as well. I don't know. I'm just wild mass guessing here.

*goes back to giggling*

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

I'm Not Sorry

It's Richard Armitage. I'm posting it without remorse. You should know me by now.

And now for the picture versions:

These pictures make me so happy, especially the first one. You do not know how happy they make me. All praise to Eru Iluvatar for allowing this man to embody Thorin for us. It wouldn't be the same without him.

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Reasons To Find BBC North and South

Reason #1: It's like Pride and Prejudice, but with more Armitage.

Reason #2: Who needs any more reasons?

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Darth Richard? O.o

 

The gifs aren't the funny part about the post where I found this. The funny part was the comments (whose grammar I have not corrected... some people *sigh*):

| The best thing about this is Richard in the background cackling and rubbing his hands together whilst looking like a Sith Lord.

| | OMG he so does you're right

| | | #darth Richard

| | | | Richard would actually make a pretty nice Sith Lord.

| | | | | I VOTE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN

Actually *I* don't vote for this to happen, because we all know what happens to the Sith in the end...

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Richard Says You Should Watch The Trailer, Too

*throws up hands in defeat*

When did his hair get this long in real life? Is he growing his Thorin beard again? These are vital questions, people.

I have a gif that's appropriate here. Mock me for it, but it's appropriate:

If you don't believe me, let me introduce you to the rest of the Armitage Army...

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Trying To Save My Armitage Army Credentials Here

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RICHARD ARMITAGE!!!

There, I saved my credentials. XD But, really, I didn't know a thing about it. I don't go looking up people's Wikipedia pages. (I try to remain a sane and non-stalky fan even on the Internet. Too many Google searches of finding insane fan tributes that... um... well, are insane, and you'll stop looking up people, too.) I rely on TheOneRing.net to tell me this sort of thing.

Oh, and, by the way, Sylvester McCoy (Radagast the Brown and the 7th Doctor from Doctor Who) celebrated his 705h birthday on August 20th. So happy belated birthday to Sylvester McCoy!

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

You might ask why I keep posting that same picture of RA. Well, as I said before, I don't do much googling of actual people. I try to avoid the status of 'insane fan'. I prefer to remain sane, thank you very much. But I do have another picture I can share, if it will load.

It won't load! :(

I have another. Let's see if it will load.

:( :(

Why, oh, why, Blogger? Why have you taken to doing this to me of late? Grr.

However, I did look RA up on Wikipedia to make sure that it was his birthday, and I found this: "I was named Richard being born on the anniversary of Richard III's demise at Bosworth." So there is a historically-inclined tidbit for you all.

*goes off to fight with Blogger some more*

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Can They Make A Movie Out Of This? Please?

Another movie, I mean. A modern day version of The Hobbit - pretty much "The Sons of Durin" on the big screen, only without the Bagginshield twist. It would be so amazing. It would be the best thing ever, second only to The Hobbit itself, of course.

Surely the fans can cobble something together, at least.

Oh, wait, they just did.

But it's only gifs! *wails and flails*

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

A Minor RA Tribute

Because I need no excuse. You should expect no excuse from me. Because I will give none.

This could NOT not be reblogged. Seriously. It's Richard Armitage in a kilt, people! I don't know whether to fall over laughing hysterically or what.

How does this man make even kilts look majestic???

Oh, wait. I forgot.

...Sometimes I need to be reminded... Ahem.

I don't know whether to fall over cackling with hysterical laughter over the nerdiness of his glasses here (and nerdiness is a good thing in my books, don't get me wrong), or to go, "Awww..." and save this picture.

What the heck. It's being saved.

Also, I would like to bring in this excerpt from an interview:

[Armitage is cut off when the phone in the hotel room where we are conducting the interview rings, interrupting us.]

INTERVIEWER: Do you need to answer that?

RICHARD: Maybe I should. It’s Sauron. You can tell by his ring.

Richard Armitage, ladies and gentlemen.

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Some Cool Gifs

Because I have run out of imagination as far as post titles go.

 

 

I think I've done enough damage for today.

In Pace Christi,

Elyse